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Squeaky bum time....no fingernails left

This should be used as an example in the book "How to referee a football derby" on how to completely fail at your job. If this was the other way around I would seriously feel sympathy with the opponents. Stupid and ridiculous. Ruining a good game.

Need to make some changes

Ridiculous. Shameful. Disgusting. Hannibal should be off. I hope we manage to hold on just out of spite. Fuck this ref!!

Despite being a red card waiting (because of ref) Big Mak has been awesome today

Well that was more entertaining than I thought it would be after 10 mins. Said it called for something special, and something special we got. Burnley got better players but we've looked more and more up for it after the goal. Hope Eustace replaces Dolan with Ohasi at the break. Standout players for me have been Weimann, Big Mak and Beck (talk about trial of fire!) Lots to be critical of, but it's 1-1, I wasn't bored to tears and we weren't totally demolished! Hope Siggy or Ohasi might bring that something special in 2nd half or even better: Amario. COYB!!!

Need Dolan off at half time. Give Yuki a run out with Big Mak. Our best players this half has been our new players. Go figure.

I'm probably gonna get some heat for this, but this game would be better with VAR

Thank Jack the goals have posts!

Need a better captain. Someone who could calm a couple of hot heads down. One of them our captain *sic*

Are we 100% sure Pears isn't a Burnley plant? /s

Weimann!! Now that is legend stuff!! There's that special serving!! COYB!!

Hate to say this but Burnley really up for this and showing their quality. Just give us one of their to wingers and we would be like a new team. Need them to have an off day or bring something special to beat them. Hope we still have something special to serve, but won't get my hopes up. And for the love of whatever please please not another 3/4/5-0!!

And there it is. Good goal and deserved, but the gulf in quality is frightening this far. Oh....and Pears

Would've preferred Ohasi over Dolan in this setting. Need to survive these first 15-20 mins without a goal against.

I would be very very happy with a draw today. Heart says win - head says narrow loss or draw. I think a draw would keep our good start to the season going. So so so nervous about this one! COYB!!!

So it is the day after, and I’m still feeling slightly optimistic. Not in the sense of going up or reach the play-offs, but I’m no longer dead certain we will be in a relegation battle all season. Somewhere in the middle will do. Kudos to the recruitment team for a job well done. Now it’s up to those on the field to keep us in this division (oh how we have fallen…)

And what worries me most is that Venkys does New Public Managment, sees we’ve done well by ourselves last season through sales and know recruiting (well) with pennies, so they slash the budget even more next season. Nothing would surprise me less with these guys…

Must say I am kinda amazed by these signings compared to what I was expecting. Those expectations were low and rightly so, but in some way they are already exceeded. Is this some kind of excitement I’m feeling or just another red herring? Time will tell, but more bodies in won’t hurt. Better to gamble than give up before a ball is kicked.

Thank (insert deity) they have no quality up top. Pears will give me heart attack before the season is over.

The one thing that is a BIG difference this season (so far) is subs that change the game. I was critical of Eustace but have to put my hands in the air and admit I was wrong. The way he has won us games with his subs has been refreshing and kept us undefeated this far. It isn’t pretty but it’s points on the board. Even though Oxford had the better chances I felt it was a deserved win today, and a fair bit of that is down to Eustace. Refreshing. Good performances from Carter, Trondstad and the ever awesome Yuki. Ohashi deserves better players around him. And if todays game is anything to go by we won’t miss Travis. There. I said it. To much drama and not enough product. Still….onwards and upwards! All bow to the mighty Rovers!

That’ll do, Rovers….that’ll do!

Siggy!! Started the attack and finished beautifully. Great by Big Mak as well. COYB!!

Hope he’ll find his footing in that role. Looked ineffective on the wing.

Weimann on is good. Goal threat.